Detail of quilt made by Mary Ann Brown, c1900. Purchased at Brown Auction.
The pattern is "Road to California", a variation on "Jacob's Ladder." It refers to
the California Gold Rush (1849).
Mary Ann Histed, wife of Levi Brown, was born 30 October, 1851 and died April 1, 1933.

Portrait of William Grangeof Napanee, 1802-1864Mixed media.Purchased at the sale of the
Vosper Estate, Kingston, 2006.